i just spied this over at the rage3d forums...i know, i know! but they have some good stuff over there sometimes. anyways i dont know how trustworthy the source is but i thought a few of you might be interested in this snippit.

Quote:

Xbox 360 Exclusive from PSM PS2 Magazine

Points:

1) Wireless is right out of the box
2) Black and White buttons are changed replaced by shoulder buttons
3) Microsoft used if it aint broke dont fix it policy with the Controller S
3) Infra Red Port is for the DVD Controller. The Wireless controllers are portless
4) 2 USB ports in front are for camera, Wi-fi and wired controller
5) Games available on Launch or Close to it according to Allard interview
a) Project Gotham Racing 3
b) Perfect Dark Zero
c) Gears of War (??????)
d) Call of Duty 2
e) Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

6) Release Date? Around November 15th
7) Backward compatibility? Emulated Top Xbox Games, with more emulated for demand
8) Jeff Minter (www.llamasoft.com) is the creator of the Visuals when Mp3 are playing
9) Connect your Digital Camera to your Xbox 360 and view Pics on TV/HDTV
10) Xbox 360 acts as MC extender. PC acts as Storage, Xbox 360 as the viewer
11) Customizable Face Plates will start not at launch but a couple of months after launch
12) There will be a few initial Face plates
13) Memory Card can Sync with the Face Plates to Animate the Face plate (Lava lamp ex)
14) Quieter DVD Player

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
15) Xbox 360 Life Span? Allard: "We have built a future Proof system" "If the User in the future wishes an upgraded Graphics card or similiar component, that option will be available to the user to add to the power of the beast"
IMPORTANT INFORMATION

15) Xbox 360 Life Span? Allard: "We have built a future Proof system" "If the User in the future wishes an upgraded Graphics card or similiar component, that option will be available to the user to add to the power of the beast"

I dout its real because that would hurt more in the long run. A developer then has to worry about compatibility and who has or hasn't upgraded, It basically will cause more problems for the developers, also probably scare more away since the best thing about consoles is that there is no worry about compatility and system specs since one Xbox/PS2 is the same as the other.

Almost every addon/upgrade to a console has been a failure or just not overly used/common.

hmmm upgradable??? weren't the graphics chips or cpu soldered onto the pcb in the released shots? aren't the memory also sodlered on? If it is upgradable great! but i dunno if them parts mentioned are ineed soldered on.

I always felt MS secret to why there so confident in a early release may because the 360 may be upgradeable. So for we know the HD will be able to but I doubt anything else will when you really think about it. I doubt MS wants the 360 with upgrades people made to the video, memory and HD competing with there future console they may decide to release 5 years from now. It may come back to kick them in the ass.